 ##  [Continuum Limit](/index.php/continuum-limit) 

  ##  [Continuum Limit](https://natural.quantumdictionary.io/continuum-limit-0) 

  
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**Natural &amp; Formal Sciences Dictionary**

 
Definition

The limiting description in which discrete or microscopic degrees of freedom are approximated by continuous fields as the characteristic microscopic scale (lattice spacing, particle separation) becomes negligible compared with observation or coarse-graining scales, yielding partial differential equations or continuum constitutive relations.